In this month’s newsletter, we celebrated a major restoration milestone with construction beginning at Gold Creek Valley, followed 11,180 native trees to their new homes, and shared new research on the carbon cost of regional growth and development. Want the […]
Forterra is proud to support the Society for Ecological Restoration at UW with a Community Restoration Grant to restore a highly accessible 0.5-acre space on the main Seattle campus of the University of Washington, adjacent to the Burke Gillman trail. What makes this Native Food Forest Restoration & Education Project special
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Forterra is proud to support the Service Board with a Community Restoration Grant to engage 40 to 50 BIPoC youth and young adults (ages 14-24) in designing and implementing a 4-week environmental service component aligned with the Service Board’s social justice and equitable access objectives. What
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Forterra is proud to support River City Youth with a Community Restoration Grant to help establish a Monarch Pathway in Spokane’s West Central neighborhood. The project will create a visible, connected corridor of native plants with a focus on pollinator-supportive, native species
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Forterra is proud to support EarthCorps with a Community Restoration Grant for their upcoming work in partnership with the Port of Everett at Union Slough. Union Slough is situated at the intersection of suburban neighborhoods and Everett’s working waterfront. This site provides a vital buffer between industrial
EarthCorps Green Stewards Program Earns Community Restoration Grant Read More »
Forterra is proud to support the Columbia Basin Conservation District with a Community Restoration Grant will transform a 6,359 square foot area by a hiking trail at Beezley Hills to a community heritage garden. Where a landowner is working to
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This Friday, we’re reflecting on our most recent Forterra Friday event. Held July 17, 2026, at Lake Stickney Community Park in Snohomish County, this event reminded us that even small groups have the power to make a big impact. Three
By UW Net Impact Consulting Experience (NICE) Consultants: Uma Drinan, Britney Ikemura, Olin Blycker UW Net Impact Consultancy Experience (NICE) was asked to quantify the social cost of carbon in the cities of Shoreline and Sammamish to better understand the
What’s the Real Cost of Urban Sprawl? A Tale of Two Cities Read More »
People come to restoration work parties from all kinds of backgrounds. Some have been doing this for years. Others show up not entirely sure what invasive species even means — and leave having learned that English ivy is quietly strangling
As with all nonprofits, our donors allow us to do meaningful work out in the world, but there is one kind of donor, who feels the work they support is so vital that they make the commitment to donate on
